Oxford Medical Sciences Division
@medsci.ox.ac.uk
Oxford University's Medical Sciences Division is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for biomedical and clinical research and teaching, comprised of 16 core departments and the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
EVENT: Sherrington Public Understanding of Science Prize Lecture: Media, Science and Truth (for staff and students)
Hear the BBC's Clive Myrie deliver this lecture, hosted by @OxfordDPAG
📅Thurs 13 Nov, 4pm, the Sherrington Building. Doors at 3.15, University card required
Hear the BBC's Clive Myrie deliver this lecture, hosted by @OxfordDPAG
📅Thurs 13 Nov, 4pm, the Sherrington Building. Doors at 3.15, University card required
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
EVENT: Sherrington Public Understanding of Science Prize Lecture: Media, Science and Truth (for staff and students)
Hear the BBC's Clive Myrie deliver this lecture, hosted by @OxfordDPAG
📅Thurs 13 Nov, 4pm, the Sherrington Building. Doors at 3.15, University card required
Hear the BBC's Clive Myrie deliver this lecture, hosted by @OxfordDPAG
📅Thurs 13 Nov, 4pm, the Sherrington Building. Doors at 3.15, University card required
RESEARCHERS - Take part in the SHARE project!
The SHARE project is investigating experiences of, and attitudes towards, tools to reduce the environmental impacts of health research. They are seeking UK health researchers to take part in interviews.
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The SHARE project is investigating experiences of, and attitudes towards, tools to reduce the environmental impacts of health research. They are seeking UK health researchers to take part in interviews.
forms.office.com/Pag...
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
RESEARCHERS - Take part in the SHARE project!
The SHARE project is investigating experiences of, and attitudes towards, tools to reduce the environmental impacts of health research. They are seeking UK health researchers to take part in interviews.
forms.office.com/Pag...
The SHARE project is investigating experiences of, and attitudes towards, tools to reduce the environmental impacts of health research. They are seeking UK health researchers to take part in interviews.
forms.office.com/Pag...
NEWS: Soft drinks tax changes 'miss opportunity' to tackle highest-sugar products
@oxprimarycare.bsky.socia analysis shows targeting highest-sugar products could remove twice as much sugar from market as current proposals, particularly benefiting deprived areas.
@oxprimarycare.bsky.socia analysis shows targeting highest-sugar products could remove twice as much sugar from market as current proposals, particularly benefiting deprived areas.
Soft drinks tax changes 'miss opportunity' to tackle highest-sugar products
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Science's researchers find government's soft drinks tax changes miss opportunity to maximise health benefits. Analysis shows targeting highest-sugar products could remove twice as much sugar from market as current proposals, particularly benefiting deprived areas.
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEWS: Soft drinks tax changes 'miss opportunity' to tackle highest-sugar products
@oxprimarycare.bsky.socia analysis shows targeting highest-sugar products could remove twice as much sugar from market as current proposals, particularly benefiting deprived areas.
@oxprimarycare.bsky.socia analysis shows targeting highest-sugar products could remove twice as much sugar from market as current proposals, particularly benefiting deprived areas.
NEWS: Study finds no significant differences in growth between children exposed to HIV in the womb and those unexposed
A new study led by researchers at @oxpop.bsky.social has found no significant differences in growth, up to two years of age.
A new study led by researchers at @oxpop.bsky.social has found no significant differences in growth, up to two years of age.
Study finds no significant differences in growth between children exposed to HIV in the womb and those unexposed
A new study led by researchers at Oxford Population Health has found no significant differences in growth up to two years of age between children who were exposed to HIV during pregnancy but remained uninfected and those born to mothers without HIV. The study is published in eClinicalMedicine.
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEWS: Study finds no significant differences in growth between children exposed to HIV in the womb and those unexposed
A new study led by researchers at @oxpop.bsky.social has found no significant differences in growth, up to two years of age.
A new study led by researchers at @oxpop.bsky.social has found no significant differences in growth, up to two years of age.
VOLUNTEER : The IRIS Study
Trouble sleeping? The IRIS Study is looking for volunteers aged 23–65 who work indoors, live or work in or near Oxford, and use an iPhone or Android, to test a new light-based behavioural sleep intervention
www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/re...
Trouble sleeping? The IRIS Study is looking for volunteers aged 23–65 who work indoors, live or work in or near Oxford, and use an iPhone or Android, to test a new light-based behavioural sleep intervention
www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/re...
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
VOLUNTEER : The IRIS Study
Trouble sleeping? The IRIS Study is looking for volunteers aged 23–65 who work indoors, live or work in or near Oxford, and use an iPhone or Android, to test a new light-based behavioural sleep intervention
www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/re...
Trouble sleeping? The IRIS Study is looking for volunteers aged 23–65 who work indoors, live or work in or near Oxford, and use an iPhone or Android, to test a new light-based behavioural sleep intervention
www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/re...
🔴CLOSING SOON -Diagnostics in Tropical and Infectious Diseases
7 November
Funding novel diagnostic projects in tropical/LMIC settings. Projects must be co-led across at least 2 sites (Oxford; MORU, Thailand; or OUCRU in Vietnam/Nepal/Indonesia).
Apply: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/...
7 November
Funding novel diagnostic projects in tropical/LMIC settings. Projects must be co-led across at least 2 sites (Oxford; MORU, Thailand; or OUCRU in Vietnam/Nepal/Indonesia).
Apply: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/...
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🔴CLOSING SOON -Diagnostics in Tropical and Infectious Diseases
7 November
Funding novel diagnostic projects in tropical/LMIC settings. Projects must be co-led across at least 2 sites (Oxford; MORU, Thailand; or OUCRU in Vietnam/Nepal/Indonesia).
Apply: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/...
7 November
Funding novel diagnostic projects in tropical/LMIC settings. Projects must be co-led across at least 2 sites (Oxford; MORU, Thailand; or OUCRU in Vietnam/Nepal/Indonesia).
Apply: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/...
NEWS: Michael Bryan wins international award at Europe’s largest cancer conference
Congratulations to Michael, DPhil in Cancer Science student, on the Best Poster Prize in CNS Tumours at the 2025 ESMO Congress. @oxfordcancer.bsky.social
Congratulations to Michael, DPhil in Cancer Science student, on the Best Poster Prize in CNS Tumours at the 2025 ESMO Congress. @oxfordcancer.bsky.social
Michael Bryan wins international award at Europe’s largest cancer conference
Michael - who is a CRUK Oxford Centre DPhil in Cancer Science student, working in the Nuffield Department of Medicine's Centre of Immuno-oncology - has been awarded the Best Poster Prize in CNS Tumours at the 2025 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress.
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEWS: Michael Bryan wins international award at Europe’s largest cancer conference
Congratulations to Michael, DPhil in Cancer Science student, on the Best Poster Prize in CNS Tumours at the 2025 ESMO Congress. @oxfordcancer.bsky.social
Congratulations to Michael, DPhil in Cancer Science student, on the Best Poster Prize in CNS Tumours at the 2025 ESMO Congress. @oxfordcancer.bsky.social
NEWS: New trial to investigate whether giving steroids to babies with suspected bacterial meningitis improves survival and long-term outcomes
The trial will provide evidence to inform meningitis guidelines on the use of steroids in young infants.
The trial will provide evidence to inform meningitis guidelines on the use of steroids in young infants.
New trial to investigate whether giving steroids to babies with suspected bacterial meningitis improves survival and long-term outcomes
The Better Outcomes in Babies with Bacterial meningitis (BOBBi) trial will investigate whether giving steroids to babies with suspected bacterial meningitis means that more babies will survive without long-term difficulties.
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEWS: New trial to investigate whether giving steroids to babies with suspected bacterial meningitis improves survival and long-term outcomes
The trial will provide evidence to inform meningitis guidelines on the use of steroids in young infants.
The trial will provide evidence to inform meningitis guidelines on the use of steroids in young infants.
@NDCNOxford MSc in Pain Neurosciences
Applications are now open! The course offers the chance to learn from world-leading scientists in a flexible online format, and also includes residential weeks in Oxford.
Apply by 2 December 👇
Applications are now open! The course offers the chance to learn from world-leading scientists in a flexible online format, and also includes residential weeks in Oxford.
Apply by 2 December 👇
MSc in Pain Neurosciences | University of Oxford
About the courseThe MSc in Pain Neurosciences explores pain mechanisms from molecules to brain systems, providing students with the multidisciplinary skills and advanced knowledge essential for
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October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
@NDCNOxford MSc in Pain Neurosciences
Applications are now open! The course offers the chance to learn from world-leading scientists in a flexible online format, and also includes residential weeks in Oxford.
Apply by 2 December 👇
Applications are now open! The course offers the chance to learn from world-leading scientists in a flexible online format, and also includes residential weeks in Oxford.
Apply by 2 December 👇
NEWS: Research establishes wide variation in physical side-effects of antidepressants
@ox.ac.uk and King's College London researchers found some drugs can cause clinically relevant changes within just a few weeks, while others appear largely neutral.
@ox.ac.uk and King's College London researchers found some drugs can cause clinically relevant changes within just a few weeks, while others appear largely neutral.
Research establishes wide variation in physical side-effects of antidepressants
Antidepressants differ widely in how they affect the body, according to new research from the University of Oxford and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London.
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEWS: Research establishes wide variation in physical side-effects of antidepressants
@ox.ac.uk and King's College London researchers found some drugs can cause clinically relevant changes within just a few weeks, while others appear largely neutral.
@ox.ac.uk and King's College London researchers found some drugs can cause clinically relevant changes within just a few weeks, while others appear largely neutral.
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Interested in gaining the essential non-clinical skills, knowledge, and insight for a successful clinical career?
Join us for our virtual ‘Programme Information Event’ open to all!
Find out more and register for the event ➡️ www.nds.ox.ac.uk/events/progr...
Join us for our virtual ‘Programme Information Event’ open to all!
Find out more and register for the event ➡️ www.nds.ox.ac.uk/events/progr...
October 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Interested in gaining the essential non-clinical skills, knowledge, and insight for a successful clinical career?
Join us for our virtual ‘Programme Information Event’ open to all!
Find out more and register for the event ➡️ www.nds.ox.ac.uk/events/progr...
Join us for our virtual ‘Programme Information Event’ open to all!
Find out more and register for the event ➡️ www.nds.ox.ac.uk/events/progr...
Be Part of Research - An opportunity for students to get involved and find out how health and care research works
Simply choose which health conditions you're interested in, we'll match you to suitable studies, then you decide
Find out more and join!👇
bepartofresearch.nih...
Simply choose which health conditions you're interested in, we'll match you to suitable studies, then you decide
Find out more and join!👇
bepartofresearch.nih...
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Be Part of Research - An opportunity for students to get involved and find out how health and care research works
Simply choose which health conditions you're interested in, we'll match you to suitable studies, then you decide
Find out more and join!👇
bepartofresearch.nih...
Simply choose which health conditions you're interested in, we'll match you to suitable studies, then you decide
Find out more and join!👇
bepartofresearch.nih...
NEWS: Professor Dame Molly Stevens made International Member of National Academy of Medicine
Membership signifies the pinnacle of professional achievement and commitment to volunteer service in the activities of the NAM and the National Academies.
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Membership signifies the pinnacle of professional achievement and commitment to volunteer service in the activities of the NAM and the National Academies.
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Professor Dame Molly Stevens made International Member of National Academy of Medicine
Professor Dame Molly Stevens has been invited to become an International member of the USA’s National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
NEWS: Professor Dame Molly Stevens made International Member of National Academy of Medicine
Membership signifies the pinnacle of professional achievement and commitment to volunteer service in the activities of the NAM and the National Academies.
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Membership signifies the pinnacle of professional achievement and commitment to volunteer service in the activities of the NAM and the National Academies.
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NEWS: #OxfordGlobalHealth partners with @oxmartinschool.bsky.social on Climate and Child Health
The new partnership brings together organisations and researchers to understand how environmental shocks are reshaping children’s lives and futures.
The new partnership brings together organisations and researchers to understand how environmental shocks are reshaping children’s lives and futures.
Oxford Global Health partners with Oxford Martin School on Climate and Child Health
Oxford Global Health has partnered with the Oxford Martin School to examine how the climate crisis is shaping children’s health and wellbeing across Africa.
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEWS: #OxfordGlobalHealth partners with @oxmartinschool.bsky.social on Climate and Child Health
The new partnership brings together organisations and researchers to understand how environmental shocks are reshaping children’s lives and futures.
The new partnership brings together organisations and researchers to understand how environmental shocks are reshaping children’s lives and futures.
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📢 NEW RESEARCH: Antidepressants differ widely in how they affect the body, according to new research led by University of Oxford and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social in @thelancet.com
Read more: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/researc...
Read more: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/researc...
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
📢 NEW RESEARCH: Antidepressants differ widely in how they affect the body, according to new research led by University of Oxford and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social in @thelancet.com
Read more: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/researc...
Read more: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/researc...
NEWS: Unravelling T-Cell Recognition: Insights from Immunology and AI
Researchers from across the world gathered at Oxford for a conference and hackathon exploring how advances in artificial intelligence can deepen understanding of T-cell biology.
Researchers from across the world gathered at Oxford for a conference and hackathon exploring how advances in artificial intelligence can deepen understanding of T-cell biology.
Unravelling T-Cell Recognition: Insights from Immunology and AI
From 29 September to 1 October 2025, researchers from across the world gathered in Oxford for a unique conference and hackathon exploring how advances in artificial intelligence can deepen understanding of T-cell biology.
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
NEWS: Unravelling T-Cell Recognition: Insights from Immunology and AI
Researchers from across the world gathered at Oxford for a conference and hackathon exploring how advances in artificial intelligence can deepen understanding of T-cell biology.
Researchers from across the world gathered at Oxford for a conference and hackathon exploring how advances in artificial intelligence can deepen understanding of T-cell biology.
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Increasingly health policy demands evidence-based decisions. But what counts as evidence, and who decides?
Discover the role of patients in research with our upcoming module, which can be taken as a short course or part of the MSc in Translational Health Sciences.
🗓️Apply by 20 Nov
Learn more ⬇️
Discover the role of patients in research with our upcoming module, which can be taken as a short course or part of the MSc in Translational Health Sciences.
🗓️Apply by 20 Nov
Learn more ⬇️
Patients, Citizens and the Politics of Evidence
Examining the role of patients and citizens in providing evidence for health care research
www.lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Increasingly health policy demands evidence-based decisions. But what counts as evidence, and who decides?
Discover the role of patients in research with our upcoming module, which can be taken as a short course or part of the MSc in Translational Health Sciences.
🗓️Apply by 20 Nov
Learn more ⬇️
Discover the role of patients in research with our upcoming module, which can be taken as a short course or part of the MSc in Translational Health Sciences.
🗓️Apply by 20 Nov
Learn more ⬇️
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An effective online treatment for childhood anxiety developed by a team at the University of Oxford is to be adapted and tested in five countries in Asia and South America, with the aim of driving widespread implementation in the future.
Read more: tinyurl.com/3wpbu46b
Read more: tinyurl.com/3wpbu46b
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
An effective online treatment for childhood anxiety developed by a team at the University of Oxford is to be adapted and tested in five countries in Asia and South America, with the aim of driving widespread implementation in the future.
Read more: tinyurl.com/3wpbu46b
Read more: tinyurl.com/3wpbu46b
Are you a 3rd or 4th yr medical student interested in pursuing a DPhil in the fields of musculoskeletal disease, inflammation and immunology?
Join the OxKen Open Day on Tue 28 Oct to learn about the @NDORMS OxKen programme.
Read about programme ➡️
Join the OxKen Open Day on Tue 28 Oct to learn about the @NDORMS OxKen programme.
Read about programme ➡️
OxKen — Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences
The Oxford Kennedy MB PhD (BM DPhil) Educational Training Program
www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Are you a 3rd or 4th yr medical student interested in pursuing a DPhil in the fields of musculoskeletal disease, inflammation and immunology?
Join the OxKen Open Day on Tue 28 Oct to learn about the @NDORMS OxKen programme.
Read about programme ➡️
Join the OxKen Open Day on Tue 28 Oct to learn about the @NDORMS OxKen programme.
Read about programme ➡️
EVENT: Feminist Thinking Seminar: Blood Politics: Nurses and Australia’s AIDS crisis
The talk centres nurses as political agents who worked alongside communities affected by HIV to shape Australia’s response to the virus.
Fri 31 Oct, 2.30pm
Register
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The talk centres nurses as political agents who worked alongside communities affected by HIV to shape Australia’s response to the virus.
Fri 31 Oct, 2.30pm
Register
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
EVENT: Feminist Thinking Seminar: Blood Politics: Nurses and Australia’s AIDS crisis
The talk centres nurses as political agents who worked alongside communities affected by HIV to shape Australia’s response to the virus.
Fri 31 Oct, 2.30pm
Register
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
The talk centres nurses as political agents who worked alongside communities affected by HIV to shape Australia’s response to the virus.
Fri 31 Oct, 2.30pm
Register
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
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NEW: The Life and Mind Building is now open 🎉
Home to @biology.ox.ac.uk, @oxexppsy.bsky.social and @ineosoxford.bsky.social, the building will bring together 1,400+ researchers and students to tackle global challenges – from mental health to climate change.
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Home to @biology.ox.ac.uk, @oxexppsy.bsky.social and @ineosoxford.bsky.social, the building will bring together 1,400+ researchers and students to tackle global challenges – from mental health to climate change.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
NEW: The Life and Mind Building is now open 🎉
Home to @biology.ox.ac.uk, @oxexppsy.bsky.social and @ineosoxford.bsky.social, the building will bring together 1,400+ researchers and students to tackle global challenges – from mental health to climate change.
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NEWS: Study finds tailored exercise programme feasible for adults over 80 with osteoarthritis
NDORMS study has found that tailored exercise for people with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis and long-term health conditions is both practical and acceptable.
NDORMS study has found that tailored exercise for people with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis and long-term health conditions is both practical and acceptable.
Study finds tailored exercise programme feasible for adults over 80 with osteoarthritis
A new Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) study has found that a tailored exercise programme for people aged 80 years and older with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis and other long term health conditions is both practical and acceptable, paving the way for a large clinical trial.
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
NEWS: Study finds tailored exercise programme feasible for adults over 80 with osteoarthritis
NDORMS study has found that tailored exercise for people with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis and long-term health conditions is both practical and acceptable.
NDORMS study has found that tailored exercise for people with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis and long-term health conditions is both practical and acceptable.
EVENT: Feminist Thinking Seminar: Blood Politics: Nurses and Australia’s AIDS crisis
The talk centres nurses as political agents who worked alongside communities affected by HIV to shape Australia’s response to the virus.
Fri 31 Oct, 2.30pm
Register
The talk centres nurses as political agents who worked alongside communities affected by HIV to shape Australia’s response to the virus.
Fri 31 Oct, 2.30pm
Register
Blood Politics: Nurses and Australia’s AIDS crisis
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
EVENT: Feminist Thinking Seminar: Blood Politics: Nurses and Australia’s AIDS crisis
The talk centres nurses as political agents who worked alongside communities affected by HIV to shape Australia’s response to the virus.
Fri 31 Oct, 2.30pm
Register
The talk centres nurses as political agents who worked alongside communities affected by HIV to shape Australia’s response to the virus.
Fri 31 Oct, 2.30pm
Register
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We are so excited to share the first video of our "Off the Beaten Track" series, featuring Alex Benn!
Listen to Alex discuss how their life experiences have enriched their work in criminal and discrimination law 📖
Watch the full episode below ⬇️
Listen to Alex discuss how their life experiences have enriched their work in criminal and discrimination law 📖
Watch the full episode below ⬇️
Barrister and lecturer Alex Benn shares how lived experience shapes their work – and their life at Oxford.
Watch the full Off the Beaten Track episode on YouTube ⬇️ @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social
Watch the full Off the Beaten Track episode on YouTube ⬇️ @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We are so excited to share the first video of our "Off the Beaten Track" series, featuring Alex Benn!
Listen to Alex discuss how their life experiences have enriched their work in criminal and discrimination law 📖
Watch the full episode below ⬇️
Listen to Alex discuss how their life experiences have enriched their work in criminal and discrimination law 📖
Watch the full episode below ⬇️
RESEARCHERS - Take part in the SHARE project!
The SHARE project is investigating experiences of, and attitudes towards, tools to reduce the environmental impacts of health research. They are seeking UK health researchers to take part in interviews.
forms.office.com/Pag...
The SHARE project is investigating experiences of, and attitudes towards, tools to reduce the environmental impacts of health research. They are seeking UK health researchers to take part in interviews.
forms.office.com/Pag...
October 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
RESEARCHERS - Take part in the SHARE project!
The SHARE project is investigating experiences of, and attitudes towards, tools to reduce the environmental impacts of health research. They are seeking UK health researchers to take part in interviews.
forms.office.com/Pag...
The SHARE project is investigating experiences of, and attitudes towards, tools to reduce the environmental impacts of health research. They are seeking UK health researchers to take part in interviews.
forms.office.com/Pag...